Antirattling device for doors and the like



July 21,1931. L; STARK 1,815,596

ANTIRATTLING DEVICE FOR DOORS AND THE LIKE Filed Aug.- 15, 1929 T5 .5INVENTOR a LOUIS STARK BY g & M AT'fORNEY and displacements.

. Patented July 21, 1931 UNITED sra'rlas PATENT OFFICE LOUIS STARK, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO EASTER SPECIALTY MANU- FACTURINGOOMIANY, INC., 01: NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORKANTIBATTLING DEVICE FOR DOORS LIKE Application filed August 15, 1929.Serial No, 886,181.

This invention relates to anti-rattling devices for doors and the likeand has especial reference to use with automobile doors which aresubject to unusual strains and vibrations The main object of theinvention is to provlde a simple, compact, durable, economicallymanufactured device which can be readily attached to a door preferablyadjacent the door 10 hinge without necessitating any change in theconstruction and arrangement of the arts and utilizing one of the screwsof the inge, thus avoiding extra fastenin means. Further and morespecific objects, eatures,

5 and advantages will more clearly a pear from the detailed descriptiongiven elow when taken in connection with the accom-' panying drawinwhich form part of the speclfication an which illustrate one e'mbodnnentof the invention. .Generally speaking, the invention comprlses aresilient means attachable to a door or amb and capable of counteractingand taking 11 the major vibrations and displacements the door, incombination with a cushioning element asso iated therewith to take u andcounteract minor vibrations.

Pre Iegrably, the particular form employed constit tes a bowed springmember and a rubber or resilient cushion centrally seated thereon. Thedevice isapertured to receive an ordinary hinge screw so. that the samescrew that holds the hinge plate to the door or Jamb can hold theanti-rattling device.

The resent preferred form of the invention is illustrated the drawin sof which Fig. 1 is a perspective view 0 a doorand jamb with theanti-rattling device in position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device;

Fi 3is a longitudinal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: is a front elevation of a modified form of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and,

-Fig. 6 is a partial enlarged section of the form shown in Fig. 4.

As illustrated in the drawings, the present preferred form of theinvention, comprises a .bowed leaf spring element which as bowed endportions 11 and and central base or seat portion 12, which has anaperture 13 therein .to receive the head of a screw 14 which is. one bfthe screws used to fasten the hinge plate-15 to the door 16 or the jamb17. a

Preferably centrally disposed on thecentral seat portion of thespring-element is a cushioning member preferably a rubber pad 18 whichin the form shown is preferably moulded'to the s ring element and has acentral aperture in ine with the aperture 13 in the slprin element. Thiscentral aperture is num ere 19. The seat portion 12 is rovided with saced holes such as 20 an 21 into which the rubber of the pad 18 flows asthe pad is being moulded to the spring element and aids in looking thepad to the spring element.

It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 3 that the central aperture 19 when theparts are assembledwill make the pad 18 more flexible and that when thedoor isshut the face of the door will press against the face of the pad18 and will trap some air in the aperture 19 and that this will act asan air cushion to additionally cushion'the door.

It will be apparent that when th device is mounted as shown in Fig. 1,the ends 10 and 11 of the spring element will first contact with theadjacent edge of the jamb or door 17 when it is swung into closedposition with respect to the other member 16 and thus will take up themajor shocks or displacements resident in the construction and that whenthe door is full closed or almost so, the cushioning pad 18 will thencome into play and take up and counter-' act the minor vibrations whichoccur after the door is closed and when the automobile is in moton onthe road. It will be observed that the height of the pad 18 is not asgreat as the distance of the ends 10 and 11 of the sprin element fromthe seat portion and that there ore it will come into contact with thedoor or j amb lastly. Thus there is combined in one simple compactdevice a construction which will counteract or eliminate both major andminor vibrations and displacements and a device which can beeconomlcally manufactured and. very easily and readily attached to adoor without altering or disturbing the present construction thereof toany appreciable extent.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4, 5, and V 6, the rubber pad 18 isattached to the spring element by having studs or headed members 22moulded or embedded into the rubber. These studs have grooves 23 thereinto receive the fiowing rubber and lock the studs in place. The studsfurther have bores 26 therein to receive screws 25 which pass throughthe spring element into said bores and hold-the rubber pad firmlyinplace on the spring element. The bores are numbered 261 .While theinvention has been described in detail and with respect to a preferredform thereof, it is to be understood that it is not limited to suchforms or details since many changes and modifications may be made andthe invention embodied in other forms without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention in its broader aspects. Hence it is desiredto cover all forms and modifications coming within the language or scopeof any one or more of the appended claims.

What is claimed, is,

1. An anti-rattling device for doors and the like which comprises abowed spring member with a central rubber cushion on one side of themember, said cushion and member having an aperture to receive a hingeplate screw.

2. An anti-rattling device for doors and the like which comprises a flatbowed spring member with a central rubber cushion on one side of themember and fastened thereto on the concave side of the spring, saidcushion and member having an aperture to receive a hinge plate screw,the top of the cushion being below the level of the line drawn betweenthe ends of the bowed member when in normal position.

Signed at New York cit in the county of New York and State of ew Yorkthis 9th day of August, A. D. 1929.

LOUIS STARK.

flEBTlIICAT! or conancrlom htent No. 1,815,596. Granted July Zl, 1931,to

' LOUIS STARK.

it ie-hereby certified that the name of the ossignce in the abovenumbered patent was erronconsiy written and printed as "Kastcr SpecialtyManufacturing Eompany, incl, whereas said name ohouid' have hcen writtenand printed as Kastar Specialty Manufacturing "Company, ino, as shown bythe records'of nesignments in this office; andthat the said LettersPotent should he read with this correction therein that the same mayconform to the record of thecase in the iatent Office. I

Signed and sealed this 22nd day of September, A.- B. 1931.

. J M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents

